CDC: More than 90 people ill with meningitis
ATLANTA Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain.www.cbsnews.com
Deadly meningitis outbreak grows
Patsy Bivins of Sturgis, Ky., sits on her porch Friday with her dog Little Britches. Bivins, 68, was injected with steroids at an Evansville, Ind.www.usatoday.com
Waiting, worrying amid deadly meningitis outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Patsy Bivins tossed and turned all night after finding out the steroid shot she received to ease her chronic back pain could instead threaten her life.news.bostonherald.com
Fungal meningitis now confirmed in 3 Minnesotans
Fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections for chronic pain has been confirmed in a third Minnesota woman in her 40s hospitalized in Minnesota, a Minnesota Department of Health spokesman said Sunday.www.startribune.com
Meningitis outbreak: Judge Eddie C. Lovelace's family demands justice
Someone called again the next day to quiz her about his death and the symptoms that preceded it, which are consistent with symptoms of fungal meningitis. Still, Joyce Lovelace did not learn about the outbreak that she believes killed her husband until ...www.tennessean.com
Meningitis outbreak sparks call for FDA action
Richard Blumenthal is calling for stronger government oversight of so-called ''compounding pharmacies'' amid a meningitis outbreak in several states that has killed seven people. The Connecticut Democrat said Sunday that he will be writing to U.S. Food ...www.boston.com
Meningitis in Michigan update: At least 20 confirmed cases, 2 deaths, 4 ...
The meningitis outbreak has been linked to a steroid produced by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. The steroid has been recalled, and officials have been scrambling to notify anyone who may have been injected with it.www.freep.com
Meningitis outbreak shows needs for government regulation
The nation's health care system was mobilized this week after doctors, starting with an alert Vanderbilt physician, reported mysterious illnesses that have now been determined to be a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis. It's made more than two dozen ...www.tennessean.com
Meningitis outbreak on minds of health officials
PARKERSBURG - The national fungal meningitis outbreak is close with the fungus having been found in a sealed vial of steroid from the PARS Pain Center in Parkersburg, an official said.www.newsandsentinel.com
Fungal Meningitis, What You Should Know
The rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to spinal injections of a steroid called methylprednisolone acetate has resulted in at least seven deaths and more than 90 illnesses across the United States, and there may be more to come.www.emaxhealth.com
Meningitis threat scares NH patients
MERRIMACK - While a multistate investigation is under way to determine how many patients who received tainted epidural steroid injections have contracted fungal meningitis, New Hampshire clients who frequent a clinic where the recalled drug was ...www.unionleader.com
Meningitis outbreak sparks fear, confusion
Five types of meningitisNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Meningitis, an inflammation of the tissues that surround the brain and spinal cord, is most commonly caused by bacterial and viral infections.www.theithacajournal.com
Number of US meningitis cases rises to 50 in deadly outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The number of people stricken with a rare form of meningitis linked to steroid injections rose to 50 in seven U.S.articles.chicagotribune.com
Fungi blamed for meningitis rarely cause trouble
Both were detected this week in patients with meningitis that occurred after a contaminated steroid was injected into the spinal column of some patients getting pain treatments.www.jacksonsun.com
91 sickened from meningitis outbreak and seven dead... amid fears ...
The potential scope of the meningitis outbreak, linked to spinal steroid injections, widened dramatically as health officials warned that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients who received steroid back injections in 23 states could be at risk.www.dailymail.co.uk
Meningitis Outbreak Casts Doubts On Safety Of Epidural Steroid Injections
Doctors are debating the use of epidural steroid injections to relieve back pain in the wake of a fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed five people and caused at least 40 others to fall ill after receiving the shots.www.redorbit.com
Rare Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Rises; 7 Dead, 64 Sick
A rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to spinal steroid injections has killed seven people and sickened 64 across nine states, health officials said today.abcnews.go.com
2 Mich. deaths reported in meningitis outbreak
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials say there are at least eight confirmed cases of meningitis in Michigan, including two deaths.www.themorningsun.com
Fungal Meningitis expands, death toll reaches 7 including 2 deaths in Michigan
For now, all the 68-year-old retired waitress can do is hope she doesn't develop the telltale signs of a rare form of fungal meningitis that health officials say has sickened more than 60 people in nine states: a splitting headache, fever, stiff neck ...www.wxyz.com
7 dead as meningitis hits 2 more states
Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven. In updated figures posted to its website Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has spread to more ...www.philly.com
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